In House

Survey Profiles the In House Attorney: Where Do You Stand?

2009-11-19T19:45:43Z

As any in house counsel knows, in house attorneys are a widely diverse group. You have to wear multiple hats, know different areas of law, and finally, be able to juggle multiple unrelated projects. But the real question is: Do you know the...

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Twitter Policy: In House Counsel's Take on 140 Characters

2009-11-09T16:49:00Z

Companies want to be seen and heard in multimedia. And while that may inspire corporate Twitter and Facebook accounts, they may have questions regarding liability implications of social media. And that's where you come in, esteemed corporate counsel. How do you...

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New Rules for Securities Filings: Is Your Legal Department Ready?

2009-11-04T16:47:43Z

10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-1. Nope, not some new fad of alpha-numeric soup. They are SEC forms typically involved in securities filings. And if you are iffy on these forms or on recent developments in disclosure obligations and new SEC rules, then it may be...

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How to Expect More From Outside Counsel

2009-11-03T16:47:00Z

The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and Serengeti Law released their 8th Annual "Managing Outside Counsel" survey last month, revealing some interesting trends in the inside-outside counsel relationship. According to their findings, over the past 8 years in-house counsel have been...

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6 Ways to Improve Your In-House Game

2009-10-30T11:17:18Z

While most people don a costume once a year with the promise of candy, in-house counsel wear more than one hat, juggle multiple balls, and walk a mile in few different sets of shoes...and that's just on a typical day. ...

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Layoffs: How to Guide Companies In Workforce Reductions

2009-10-26T15:57:00Z

Letting go is hard to do. And in an economy like the current one, layoffs have become a necessary evil--and even norm--for some companies. Being the recipient of bad news can be devastating, but being the messenger carries its own...

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How Many Lawyers Should Be In a Company's Legal Department? 6 Tips

2009-10-21T00:55:55Z

The question of how many attorneys is the right number is not only age-old in corporate counsel circles but has proven to be a hot topic of debate. Too few and in-house counsel becomes heavily dependent on outside counsel for big and...

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Hildebrandt Survey Shows Recessionary Effects on In-House Counsel

2009-10-17T00:14:15Z

Unless you are finishing up a two-year corporate counsel stint at a remote company in rural Antarctica, you are probably pretty well-versed in the language of the recession that has taken hold of news headlines, board-room meetings, and dinner-table conversations. Scaling back, laying off, flat-fee billing, in-house eDiscovery ---these have been the...

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In-House Counsel: The Importance of Records Management

2009-10-12T21:00:00Z

Legal technology has changed the way in-house counsel manages litigation. Electronic discovery (eDiscovery) has expanded the discovery process to include new types of data to request, sort, and exchange. And even before you need to engage outside counsel to represent...

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How General Counsel Can Avoid Personal Liability

2009-10-05T16:02:00Z

As the legal eyes and ears of a company, general counsel takes a front row seat in handling lawsuits and corporate legal matters. And while that role can make for high-profile recognition, it can also subject in-house attorneys to increased liability. ...

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7 Go-To Immigration Resources for In-House Counsel

2009-09-29T12:45:00Z

In the global workplace where companies seek to bring in talent from outside the country as well as send employees on foreign assignments, a corporate legal department is often approached about immigration process and procedure. Where does an in-house attorney...

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An Outside Perspective on In-House Counsel

2009-09-24T01:08:00Z

Bright, talented, multitasking PR superstars...and that's just how in-house counsel describe themselves. But how do others in the industry view their corporate counterparts? New York criminal defense attorney, Scott Greenfield, lent his interesting perspective after attending a massive gathering of...

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Legal Cost-Cutting and Social Networking: Strange Bedfellows

2009-09-10T17:05:46Z

Now we have all heard about the virtues and the dangers of Facebooking at work, or tweeting during meetings, but can in-house counsel actually benefit a company's bottom line by foraying into the world of social media? According to an article on...

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In-House Counsel to Thrive and Survive in Boston, Oct 18-21

2009-09-09T00:00:00Z

Mark your calendars in-house counselors. October 18th 2009 kicks off a 3-day Annual Meeting of the Association of Corporate Counsel called "Don't Just Survive. Thrive!" in Boston. The conference features 13 different tracks, each with daily programming in line with...

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Attorney-Client Privilege: 3 Questions for In-House Counsel to Ask

2009-09-04T17:00:00Z

The importance of attorney-client privilege is underlined, underscored, and otherwise emphasized throughout the journey of law student to lawyer. Through professional responsibility courses and the MPRE exam, the particulars of protecting the confidentiality of communications between an advocate and client...

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